John turner roundtree



(No Model.)

' J. T. ROUNDTREE.

HORSE COLLAR PASTENER.

-No.-4'11,1.10. Patented Sept. 17, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN TURNER ROUNDTREE, OF NEW HAMPTON, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOJ. WV. COULTERIAND E. H. GRANTHAM.

HORSE-COLLAR FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,110, datedSeptember 17, 1889.

Application filed March 30, 1889. Serial No. 305,361. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN TURNER ROUND- TREE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Hampton, in the county of Harrison and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Couplings orFastenings for Horse-Collars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to couplings or fastro enings for horse-collars;and it has for its object to provide a device of this class which shallbe simple in construction, durable, and which may be easily and quicklyfastened or unfastened, so as to permitv the collar tobe I 5 adjusted orremoved, as the case may require.

The invention consists in the improved construction and arrangement ofparts which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularlypointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a horse-collar.equipped with my improved fastening device. Fig. 2 is a perspective Viewshowing the parts or sections of my improved fastening detached fromeach other. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line a:a: in Fig. 1. 4 is a bottom view.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

A and B designate the parts or sections of my improved coupling orfastening device, each of which consists of a casting of suitable sizeand shape to fit the collar, which is divided centrally at its lowerend, as will be 3 5 clearly seen in Fig. 1.

Each of the castings A B is provided'with inwardly-extending flanges O,to receive the rivets or stitching by means of which the said castingsare secured upon the ends of the col- 40 lar, the ends of the saidcollar being inserted, between the said flanges, into recesses D, formedin the outer ends of the castings A B, so as to form a neat and smoothfinish.

Each of the castings A B is provided in its inner or meeting face with aT-shaped slot E, adapted to receive the head of a T-shaped lug orprojection F, projecting from the face of the opposite section. Theheads of the T-shaped lugs will be inserted through the heads of theT-shaped slots until the faces of the castings A B come in contact witheach other, after which the shanks of the T-shaped lugs will be slidinto the shanks of the T- shaped slots by a lateral movement of thecastings A B with relation to each other, thereby locking the saidcastings securely together.

One of the castings B is provided on its rear side with a shield G,extending laterally beyond its meeting edge, so as to cover the jointbetween the sections A B of the coupling, and thus preventing the horsesneck from being chafed or clinched by the joint of the coupling device.

The under sides of the sections -A B are provided with longitudinalgrooves H H, registering with each other and having perpendicular sides,as shown. The purpose of said grooves is to form a seat for thehame-strap, which in turn, when properly adjusted and tightened, servesto prevent the sectionsA B from sliding laterally with relation to eachother and becoming accidentally unfastened.

The operation and advantages of this invention will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with thedrawings hereto annexed.

The construction of the device is simple, and it may be easily appliedto horse-collars of ordinary construction, which, when-8o equipped withmy improvement, may be easily and quickly applied to or removed from theanimal, inasmuch as after the hame-strin g has been unfastened a simplelateral movement of the sections AB with relation to each 8 5 other isall that is required to unfasten the parts and enable it to be liftedoff the neck of the animal.

By providing the under sides of the sections A B with the longitudinalgrooves, as herein 0 described, the device is held securely by thehame-strap, so as to prevent the collar from being accidentallyunfastened. The shield attached to one of the sections, as hereindescribed, also prevents any possibility of in- ,95 jury to the neck ofthe animal.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- A collar coupling orfastening comprising the two parts or sections adapted to be atso as tocover. the joint between the two see- 10 tions, substantially as setforth.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN TURNER ROUNDTREE.

\Vitnesses:

' CHARLES A. CLOVER,

R. A. SoARBRoUGH.

